On This Day:
Sunday March 16, 2014 This is the 75th day of the year, with 290 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: Seven Sisters The Seven Sisters were a group of seven prestigious liberal arts colleges for women in the northeastern United States in 1927. The group promoted the cause of all-women's education and included Mount Holyoke College, Vassar College, Wellesley College, Smith College, Radcliffe College, Bryn Mawr College, and Barnard College. Barnard is now affiliated with Columbia University, Vassar is coeducational, and Radcliffe College formally merged with Harvard University in 1999. The name Seven Sisters refers to the Pleiades, seven sisters from Greek mythology. It was used as a parallel to the Ivy League of men's colleges.
Holidays Feast day of St. Finan Lobur, St. Abraham Kidunaia, St. Julian of Antioch, St. Eusebia of Hamage, St. Heribert of Cologne, St. Urho, and St. Gregory Makar.
Events 1521 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines; he was killed by natives the following month.
1534 - England severed relations with the Roman Catholic Church.
1802 - Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
1833 - Susan Hayhurst became the first woman to graduate from a pharmacy college (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy).
1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, "The Scarlet Letter," was published.
1910 - Harry Houdini became the first man to fly an airplane in Australia.
1915 - The Federal Trade Commission was organized.
1926 - American Robert H. Goddard successfully launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1945 - During World War II, the Allies secured Iwo Jima.
1968 - During the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre was carried out by U.S. troops under the command of Lieutenant William L. Calley, Jr.
1978 - Italian politician Aldo Moro was kidnapped by left-wing urban guerrillas, who later murdered him.
1985 - Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, was abducted in Beirut; he was released in December 1991.
Births 1751 - James Madison, 4th President of the United States of America (1809-1817).
1774 - Matthew Flinders, English navigator who explored Australia's coast.
1789 - George S. Ohm, German physicist.
1868 - Maxim Gorky, Russian playwright, novelist.
1906 - Henny Youngman, American comedian.
1926 - Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch), American comedian, actor, telethon sponsor.
Deaths 1937 - Austen Chamberlain, British politician who negotiated the Locarno Pact.
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